Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 20:23:48 -0400
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> unlink: removes the symlink, i.e. doesn't dereference the symlink
> remove: removes the target of the symlink, i.e. resolves the symlink

No.  Linux (and every other *nix I can remember) doesn't do this -
it's always the symlink that's removed, never the target.  I don't
think there *is* a way to remove the target of a symlink without
reading the symlink yourself and figuring out what it's pointing to.